Losing teeth does not have to be a permanent head ache anymore. With dentures as your replacement, even though the modern variants are very effective, you are still always conscious of the fact that your replacement teeth are not in fact permanent. But thanks to the continuing advances in dental science, you can now have a tooth or teeth replaced in a fashion that means they are, to all intents and purposes, permanent.
This method is called dental implants and the idea behind them is really rather simple. Instead of having false teeth which are removable or attaching false teeth to existing teeth in a dental bridge, dental implants seek to replicate how natural teeth are secured to the jaw with the root.
This is possible thanks to the discovery that the light weight metal known as titanium has a property whereby it can fuse with living human bones. So dental implants are made from titanium and dentists place them beneath the gum in a procedure which requires local anaesthetic. They are carefully positioned so that they will osseointegrate with the jaw bone and act as a secure housing for a false tooth which can be screwed into place.
Dental implants this provide a permanent solution to tooth loss. The success rate of the procedure is extremely high and you can treat a tooth which is held in place with a dental implant just as you would any other tooth. There is no reason then why it should not last a life time. By combining dental implants with dental bridges, Central Leeds dentists can replace a whole set of lost teeth too.
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